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A elderly Mormon asked his doctor if he thought he’d live to be a hundred. The doctor asked the man, “Do you smoke or drink?” “No,” he replied, “I’ve never done either.” “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, and fool around with many women?” inquired the doctor. “No, I’ve never done any of those things either.” “Well then,” said the doctor, “what do you want to live to be a hundred for?”

I understand that Mitt Romney was reared in the LDS tradition, which includes a sordid tradition of overt, institutional racism. As an adult, however, Mr. Romney is responsible for his own spiritual decisions. An apostle once known as Saul of Tarsus wrote, “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” (I Corinthians 13:11, RSV)

Has Mr. Romney ever publicly addressed why he maintained his childhood affiliation with, and even took leadership roles in, a church which, until Mitt’s thirty-second year of life, excluded blacks from its priesthood?

And have those Republicans who in 2008 made much to do about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s sermons ever taken Mr. Romney to task about his church’s racist history?

And from what I’ve heard, der Mitt never managed, in his 2 years of proletizing, to convert a single Frenchman(or woman) over to the Mormons. I can’t imagine his record as President would be much better.

About Doonesbury

"Welcome to 'Classic Doonesbury.' In selecting the strips for this retrospective journey, we're going deep, literally back to Day One. Revisiting four weeks of strips from every year of syndication, I hope to hit many 'Doonesbury' high points, focusing on how the characters (over 75 of them) got involved with one another. Since their lives have always been bound up in the events of the day, it should be a kind of déjà vu for my peers, and maybe a 'What were you people thinking?' for newer readers. I hope all of you will enjoy the trip."
- Garry Trudeau
"Garry Trudeau is the premier American social and political satirist of his time." -Newsweek
Doonesbury has managed to be articulate, abrasive, political, compassionate, misunderstood, misprinted, and outrageous - but one thing it's never been is complacent. Garry Trudeau's creation has chronicled American history and culture in a parallel universe. And through it all, Doonesbury has always been honest, entertaining, and thought-provoking.